Online: Milton William Cooper reveals UFO documents
On December 18, 1988, Milton William Cooper appeared on CompuServe, claiming to have viewed classified documents during Navy service with Adm. Clarey. He described alien crashes, bodies, and a 1964/1977 Holloman AFB landing.
Background
Background
Milton William Cooper, a former Navy quartermaster on an intelligence team under Adm. Bernard A. Clarey, commander of the Pacific Fleet, first appeared publicly on the CompuServe network on December 18, 1988. He claimed to have seen two sensitive documents: Project Grudge Special Report 13 and an MJ-12 briefing. These claims followed on from accounts by William Moore and John Lear.
Claims
Cooper expanded the stories about crashes and extraterrestrial remains, referring to the beings as Alien Life Forms (ALFs). He mentioned photographs of aliens said to have landed at Holloman AFB in New Mexico in 1964 or 1977. Such details supported conspiracy theories about government agreements with extraterrestrials.
Significance
This appearance marked Cooper's entry into ufology and influenced later debates about MJ-12 and alien contact. Critics later accused him of plagiarism, but he popularised the ideas of a secret pact and an exchange of technology.